With the GPL, it's *all about the distribution*. (IANAL!)
So if you were to bundle Joomla *with* your extension, then you would have to "share" your extension source. You couldn't like, sell a version of Joomla that contains your extension, basically. So long as they are not bundled (distributed) together, no sharing is needed. The LGPL specifically doesn't have this restraint. :denny -- Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed. William James On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > My understanding was no. > > If you make changes to the core, you need to make those changes available > for download. > > If the extensions are contained within separate code files, and individually > included and addable, then no. > > In an open source community it is considered bad form not to share, but I do > not believe you are required. > > Obviously, though, I am not a lawyer. > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Is it true that if you Extend Joomla under the GPL, and write extensions >> you >> need to be prepared to make your code available to Third Parties if >> requested? >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316796 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
